Library Park Design Presentation is Posted

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Library Park Design meeting on January 31! The presentation made at the meeting is now available online. For more details on the park, see this PhinneyWood article.

All of the energy, attention and ideas you’ve provided will result in a better park that will be loved and cared for by neighbors and the community. The Friends of the Library Park will continue, and hope you will stay informed and involved throughout the development process and after.

Seattle Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School is celebrating upgrades to pedestrian and bike safety near the new schools opening this fall just off Aurora Avenue North at North 90th Street (Robert Eagle Staff Middle School and Cascadia Elementary School). From 1-5 p.m. on Aug. 26 at Greenwood Park, 602 NW 87th St., bring […]

King County Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles is having a meet-and-greet with constituents of County Council District 4 (most of Seattle north of Madison Avenue downtown and west of I-5) from 10-11:30 am. Saturday, Aug. 26, at Diva Espresso, 14419 Greenwood Ave. N. Join Councilmember Kohl-Welles for an informal discussion on the issues the Council is working […]

Our neighborhood’s annual Gumshoe 5K Walk fundraiser is in its final days (it was extended by one week because of air quality and heat concerns), and will end this Sunday, Aug. 20. The traditional “Procrastishoe” is set for 3 p.m. Sunday, starting at Ken’s Market. Join a group of other procrastinators to do the walk […]

Seattle Public Library is now out of solar eclipse viewing glasses. SPL will livestream NASA’s Live Eclipse Megacast at 14 branches, including Greenwood, Broadview, Ballard, beginning at 10 a.m. Monday.

Seattle Parks Department has revised the site plan for the park being built on Greenwood Avenue North between North 81st and 82nd streets, just north of the Greenwood Library. The Reading Nook has been relocated to the north end of the park as it is a more contemplative space which was in the middle of […]

Coindexter’s is planning to open at 8556 Greenwood Ave. N. on Sept. 1. The bar and pinball arcade will be open daily from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m., with 12 taps and plenty more bottled beers, most of it local. The menu is still being developed, but we’re told some “unique grilled cheese sandwiches” will […]

The Seattle Channel’s Roberto Romero hosted a recent episode of City Stream from the Greenwood Seafair Parade. Seattle Department of Transportation’s Neighborhood Street Fund Program has released a summary of the July 19 public meeting that centered on why it wanted to remove the pedestrian overpass from Holman Road NW and 13th Avenue NW as […]

Town Hall, located downtown, is under renovation for the next 14 months, so the speakers and music venue is taking its programs on the road to several neighborhoods, including ours. All of Town Hall’s lectures, concerts, and arts programs are just $5 per person. The “Inside/Out” season will stop at the Phinney Center, 6532 Phinney […]

U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal’s office is hosting a neighborhood meetup from 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, at the Broadview Branch Library, 12755 Greenwood Ave. N. “Outreach staff will be available to answer questions, offer constituent services, provide an overview of the office’s work and functions, and update attendees on Jayapal’s legislative activities,” according to the […]

Here are some highlights of what’s happening in and around the neighborhood this weekend. Check our Events calendar any time for more. Phinney Farmers Market is from 3:30-7:30 p.m. Friday in the upper parking lot of the Phinney Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. It’s Artwalk night from 6-9 p.m. Friday at dozens of art […]

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The land use committee meets on the second Tuesday of each month.

Current topics include the Seattle 2035 comprehensive plan update, current legislation on low-rise housing, micro-housing, and parking requirements in urban villages among others.

The Land Use committee strives to project a vision for how Greenwood should develop as a more vibrant and walkable neighborhood, and to advocate for infrastructure and private development that will advance it.

For information about the Land Use committee contact Joel Darnell, GCC Land Use Chair.